MARK JONES admitted he feels slightly jinxed when it comes to his fledgling international career.

Jones, 22, was wanted by Wales manager John Toshack to join up with the international squad ahead of their Euro 2008 Group D qualifier tomorrow night against San Marino.

However, the young Dragons midfielder has once again been forced to pull out of the international set up because of an injury.

"This is the third or fourth time I’ve had to miss out on being involved in the squad," said Jones. "And yeah I am starting to feel a little but jinxed with injuries when it comes to the internationals.

"But there’s nothing you can do about it. To be honest I don’t think about the international matches, all I am concentrating on is what happens with Wrexham and trying to do well with them, anything after that is just a bonus."

Jones missed the historic Group D meeting at Croke Park with the Republic of Ireland last Saturday and was instead involved with Brian Carey’s men in a crucial 1-0 win over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Ground thanks to a late strike from Jeff Whitley.

However, Jones was forced to come off at half time in the win over Rovers with a niggling groin injury which he over-strained in the loss the week before at MK Dons.

He added: "I had to come off at half time because I’m still struggling with this groin injury and I’m not yet back to 100%.

"I didn’t know I was on standby for the Wales squad before hand – I mean someone had told me, but I didn’t know if it was true or not. And then after the game I was told that I was being called up, but because of my groin I’ve got to again sit out the game.

"Obviously it’s depressing to miss an international game and I am really disappointed to be missing another game for Wales, but you’ve just got to get over it and keep doing the right things for Wrexham."

Jones’ solitary senior international cap came in the win over Liechtenstein at the Racecourse Ground and he made a good impression after coming off the bench to set up skipper Craig Bellamy with his strike.

But he knows full well he could have made his Welsh debut in the friendly against Brazil at White Hart Lane a few months earlier, but for another injury.

Jones said: "It was massive to come on against Liechtenstein, because it was in my home town at my home club and it was the first time I’d played for my country, which is the highest thing any footballer can do.

"But I could have been involved in the game against Brazil." I don’t know how much actual involvement I would have had, but it would have been great to just be in the squad."

This latest knock follows a knee injury which kept Jones out of the Wrexham squad during their dismal run of recent form.

He said: "I’ve not been happy with my form at all this season.

"I was out for a little while with my knee, but I’m back now and haven’t been playing as well as I know I can do.

"In training I’ve been doing alright, but when it comes to the matches, I’ve been struggling a little bit." I’ve been no-where near my best this season and there is still a lot more to come. I’ve got to get playing as well as I can do as soon as possible."

Wrexham’s win on Saturday means they are now just a single point from climbing out of the bottom two relegation places with eight games to go and Jones is confident they will pull out of danger.

"It’s a massive eight games we’ve got now," he said.

"And there are still four or five teams down the bottom still in the mix, so it is still very much in our own hands and if we win our games then we’ll pull away."

"I can’t put my finger on why it has gone so wrong this season." Many people expected us to up pushing for promotion this season, but instead we are struggling at the bottom." and have a lot of work to get out of trouble."